Japan-China tensions take center-stage with Abe in Davos

January 22, 2014

(Reuters) – Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing took centre-stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday as Japan’s prime minister called for military restraint in Asia and a senior Chinese academic branded him a troublemaker.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe defended his visit to a controversial shrine to Japan’s war dead, which outraged China and South Korea, and took a veiled swipe at China’s military buildup in his speech to global business leaders.

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